On the Frontlines of Civil Rights Advocacy‚ The NNIRR Group and Journalists Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin The National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (NNIRR) is one of the organizations at the forefront of championing the rights of refugees and immigrants with special focus on individual rights and justice. This include access to health care and opportunity to live safe and peaceful lives. According to NNIRR.org‚ the organization is fully devote on defending and expanding the rights of refugees
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Quebec suspends Private Refugee Sponsorship to prioritize backlogs The province of Quebec announced that it has put the Private Refugee Sponsorship (PSR) program on temporary hold in order to process existing backlogs. In an interview‚ Quebec Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil clarified that while the suspension is provisional‚ the exact date of the program’s resumption is yet to be known. The provincial immigration department’s priority is to process the over 10‚000 requests that have accumulated
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How does Wilfred Owen and WH Auden communicate a feeling of despair and isolation in Disabled and Refugee Blues? By Rhys Perrin Though there are distinct differences between Disabled by Wilfred Owen and Refugee Blues By WH Auden‚ both poems can be easily be associated with despair and desolation. The first stanza of Disabled‚ is set in the present and Wilfred Owen describes the soldier’s lack of pride in his apearance in the
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1. Childhood is the happiest time of person’s life. As adult‚ we are usually happy on certain occasions such as when we get increase in salary or get present on our birthday. Anyway‚ do you still remember what time when we could be happy every day? Many people argue that childhood is time when we could be cheerful every day. Personally‚ I agree with the statement that childhood is the happiest time of person’s life. There are some points to support my opinion. First of all‚ children don’t have
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Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Childhood is the happiest time of a person’s life. I do agree the idea that the most joyful time for every person without any doubt would be their childhood. Since people are different in many areas‚ they may have different opinions about the reasons; however‚ I believe that childhood is the happiest time because first children at that age do not have any special responsibility‚ and second they are children and their mind and the way they
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Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada Publication Date 28 September 2010 Citation / Document Symbol ALB103572.E Cite as Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada‚ Albania: Situation and treatment of homosexuals; state protection and support services (2007 - September 2010)‚ 28 September 2010‚ ALB103572.E‚ available at: http://www.refworld.org/docid/4dd10e342.html [accessed 2 May 2013] Disclaimer This is not a UNHCR publication. UNHCR is not responsible for‚ nor does it necessarily endorse‚ its
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The Filipino freelance writer and photographer‚ Rina Mae Acosta‚ in her article “Raising the Happiest Kids in the World‚” talks about how Dutch parents raise their children and these are the happiest kids in the world. Acosta points out that most parents around the world have the ability to educate their children. She strongly believes that parents can provide their children the necessary treatments to be happy. Also‚ she believes that her methods (Dutch methods) of raising her children are proper
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The American Refugee Committee (ARC) is an international humanitarian organization that brings the kind hearts of the world together to ensure stable living conditions for displaced peoples. The ARC is well known across the globe for our efforts. For nearly 35 years‚ we have been demonstrating why humans are way more generous than some may think. When it comes to a humanitarian crisis‚ expect us and our constituencies to be there. Starting in 1979 by businessman Neil Ball‚ ARC’s first mission was
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Refugee Services of Texas Austin (RST) is a not-for-profit social services agency that provides services to newly arrived refugees‚ asylees‚ parolees‚ survivors of human trafficking and any other expatriate escaping persecution appertaining to race‚ religion‚ nationality‚ membership of a particular social group‚ and/or political opinion. Since its initiation in 2003 in Austin‚ TX‚ RST has provided resettlement services to over 15‚000 refugees. RST is funded by both state and national partners and
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statistics indicate that the immigrant and refugee populations in the United States are rapidly increasing. In fact‚ the United States has witnessed the greatest migration in its history with an increase of 44% since 1990 (U.S. Department of Homeland Security‚ n.d.). Estimates indicate that the foreign-born population is 28 million to 31 million (U.S. Census Bureau‚ 2002). This means that 1 out of every 10 people in the United States come from an immigrant or refugee background‚ with 1 in 5 born in another
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